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Council discussion ensued. Councilmember Sarmiento, opined necessity to continue to have intelligent and thoughtful conversation; establish a group to develop recommendations; need to be sensitive of being a renter, overcrowding causes secondary impact, and need to focus on bad actors to address substandard housing conditions. Councilmember Tinajero, opined majority of Santa Ana community lives in fear of being evicted, need to have discussion to understand each other, and low income residents need for dignified housing. * Councilmember Tinajero left the meeting at 9:51 p.m. and did not return. Councilmember Benavides, expressed need for accessible housing, several substandard properties within the City of Santa, and tenants fears of being evicted as a result of contacting code enforcement or complaining to landlord; requested consideration of options for self policing and do not allow retaliatory evictions; suggested longer term leases; housing opportunities fund and public-private partnerships and icentivize landloards to improve the properties; address the needs of our residents and provide dignified living.. Councilmember Villegas, noted his experiences living in an apartment, intolerance for slumlords, and opined the need for all to live in a clean and safe environment; need to be fair and just for all; not one solution; pro- business and fair residents Councilmember Solorio, opined need for affordable housing and possibility of increasing housing by building condominiums and townhomes; expressed concern of past policies on this subject doesn't target the right people and need to increase housing stock; affordable housing needed; statewide issue; revisit the PREP program for owner/tenant program; pro- labor local hire and project labor agreements; tenant component to the Rental Task Force to consider Mayor Pro Tem Martinez, noted City experienced a rapid growth of residents while housing production remained low; opined that City on the verge of rapidly building the housing needed and not having the infrastructure to support it. Mayor Pulido, noted that City of San Francisco has rent control and it is not effective program; consider granny flats but sometimes have unintendended consequences such as lack of parking; requested statistical report from professor of options to consider; also, opined that US Census data has resident undercount. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 13 FEBRUARY 6, 2018